Dave Kommel Photography

Dave Kommel Photography Photographic chronicles of a lifetime love of drag racing and land speed racing with a few birds and some wildlife thrown in for good measure!
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After falling in love with drag racing in 1960 reading Hot Rod, I finally made it to my first race at Union Grove WI in 1966 and it was all downhill from there. I started going to Irwindale, OCIR and Lions every weekend and once I started getting photo credentials around 1973, I started traveling to races, mainly on the west coast. In 1979, Richard Shute and I teamed up to form Auto Imagery and ov

er the next 35 years, we covered somewhere over a thousand events. Now that I am off the NHRA treadmill, I will be going to select events that pique my interest as well as continuing to scan and catalog my negs and slides from the 1970's. You can peruse and (hopefully) purchase my past and current work at www.davekommel.photoshelter.com

Richard is still on the NHRA trail and if you are looking to purchase photos from current NHRA national events, your first stop should be www.autoimagery.com. Dave Kommel Photography
PO Box 428
San Dimas CA 91773
818-519-7601 voice or text
[email protected]
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Don Green’s “Rat Trap” AA/Fuel Altered at Orange County International Raceway circa 1970. Possibly Dan Collins at the w...
06/01/2026

Don Green’s “Rat Trap” AA/Fuel Altered at Orange County International Raceway circa 1970. Possibly Dan Collins at the wheel. 35mm slide taken from the bleachers.

Ed McCulloch in his “American Home Shield” Plymouth Arrow AA/Funny Car at the 1978 March Meet.
05/31/2026

Ed McCulloch in his “American Home Shield” Plymouth Arrow AA/Funny Car at the 1978 March Meet.

Dave Hough in the “Nanook” AA/Fuel Altered at Orange County International Raceway in 1976. Not long after this event, Da...
05/29/2026

Dave Hough in the “Nanook” AA/Fuel Altered at Orange County International Raceway in 1976. Not long after this event, Dave would sign his deal with Super Shops and move into the “Super Nanook”.

Gary Densham in his “Teacher’s Pet” Plymouth Barracuda AA/Funny Car at Sacramento in 1975.
05/27/2026

Gary Densham in his “Teacher’s Pet” Plymouth Barracuda AA/Funny Car at Sacramento in 1975.

On our last day in Ohio, Debbie and I visited the Augusta-Anne Olsen State Nature Preserve in Wakeman OH and picked up t...
05/27/2026

On our last day in Ohio, Debbie and I visited the Augusta-Anne Olsen State Nature Preserve in Wakeman OH and picked up three more lifers....a Prairie Warbler, Veery and Acadian Flycatcher for a total of 15 in our week in Ohio.

With a dismal Saturday forecast, racing was postponed to Sunday so Debbie and I drove a little ways east to Magee Marsh ...
05/26/2026

With a dismal Saturday forecast, racing was postponed to Sunday so Debbie and I drove a little ways east to Magee Marsh and despite misty and drizzly conditions, picked up two more lifers, a Black Throated Blue Warbler and a Black & White Warbler. You can see rain drops in a number of the shots....

Brad Yuill in the Yuill Brothers Pro Stock Vega at Sacramento Raceway in 1975.
05/26/2026

Brad Yuill in the Yuill Brothers Pro Stock Vega at Sacramento Raceway in 1975.

Here’s a few pics from a fun Sunday at the track. The inaugural Chaos Supernationals probably wasn’t a financial success...
05/25/2026

Here’s a few pics from a fun Sunday at the track. The inaugural Chaos Supernationals probably wasn’t a financial success due to Mother Nature’s intervention, but it was a stepping stone to bigger and better things next year. Thanks to Bill Bader and his entire crew for their hard work all weekend to make it happen and as always, thanks to Chris and Tera Graves for creating this wonderful playground!

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